Sale traded to Red Sox for Moncada, Kopech +

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[David]

Holy horsefeathers...Sox got Moncada wow

[Post Count Padder]

Well damn. That's a lot for Boston to give up. My Red Sox-fan friend just cursed loudly. He's pissed they gave up Moncada.

[David]

So glad he stayed in the AL

[SouthSideRyan]

Just like the Mounties.

[Liam Neeson]

And now they call the Nationals back with Quintana

[TruffleShuffle]

that's a nice haul for the white sox. good move trading sale this offseason with some teams desperate for SP and the free agent market really weak.

[David]

I'm a little jealous (of Moncada only, I mean)...imagine if we had convinced him to wait for us.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

No GM loves trading away prospects more than Dombrowski. And sure enough as practice makes perfect, no one is better at it.

[sneakypower]

i fantasize Moncada as Joe Morgan so i like Southsiders' end of the deal better here

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Also, it is absolutely time to shove Baez in their face in return for Quintana.

[Tim]

No GM loves trading away prospects more than Dombrowski. And sure enough as practice makes perfect, no one is better at it.

That was pretty much my exact thought.

[raw]

Wow. Nice job by the ChiSox.

[David]

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So that's three of the Sox Top 10 prospects, including arguably the top prospect in baseball, plus another intriguing arm.

[Cubswin11]

Also, it is absolutely time to shove Baez in their face in return for Quintana.

Or does this deal give us the framework for rough value for Archer? Javy, Eloy, Cease, Underwood and whoever they like best of Jeimer/Zagunis/Caritini?

 

Or what about Javy for Eduardo Rodriguez? Or what would it take for Rodriguez now that there's an additional rotation piece in Boston?

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[Bull]

I predict down years for all involved. After all, it's bad luck to change your sox in baseball.

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[CaliforniaRaisin]

Basabe is a good third prospect.

 

The White Sox did well for themselves. I don't think the Nationals could have topped that.

[javy knows my name]

Also, it is absolutely time to shove Baez in their face in return for Quintana.

 

I feel like a deal with Baez headlining doesn't do it anymore after this. Schwarber, Baez and Eloy? Too much to give up, but I think that's what it would take.

 

Anyway, this trade feels a lot like Beckett for Hanley+. I really like it for both teams.

[Rex Buckingham]

pleased that he is in the AL rather than going to the Nats.

 

Good deal for the WSox too I think, can't imagine a prize much better than Moncada that would have been available.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Also, it is absolutely time to shove Baez in their face in return for Quintana.

 

I feel like a deal with Baez headlining doesn't do it anymore after this. Schwarber, Baez and Eloy? Too much to give up, but I think that's what it would take.

 

Anyway, this trade feels a lot like Beckett for Hanley+. I really like it for both teams.

 

Quintana is not Sale, and for as great as the prospect haul for Sale is, the distance from MLB matters. No one in the return for Sale has played in a AAA game(although Moncada did play poorly in a MLB cameo). Baez as someone who has had an MLB season as good as his 2016 and still has the insane potential that a Kopech or a Moncada has is worth more.

 

That said, I don't mean to imply 1 for 1 Quintana for Baez, the Cubs would have to add more to it.

[Cubswin11]

Now please trade Rodriguez to the Cubs!

I want this to happen so bad right now. What would it take? Javy alone? Happ and Cease?

[USSoccer]

Screw trading Javy for Quintana. That's what the system is for.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Screw trading Javy for Quintana. That's what the system is for.

 

The system is not very good at the moment. I'm more than fine with keeping Javy and getting a different pitcher, but if you want someone of Quintana's caliber there's very likely only one way to get there, and that's by trading Baez.

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